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BluegrassDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-26-11 11:46 PM Original message |
8 year old girl tricked into becoming a suicide bomber...HELLO TSA |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-26-11 11:49 PM Response to Original message |
1. The bomb was in a bag. Nice try though. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-26-11 11:51 PM Response to Original message |
2. Here is the thing, if TSA was serious about security |
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demosincebirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-11 12:21 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Dogs get tired... then ineffective. What else you recommend? |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-11 12:22 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. That is why you use MULTIPLE TEAMS |
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GoneOffShore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-11 08:23 AM Response to Reply #5 |
28. It doesn't cost as much as the Nude-o-scope. |
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demosincebirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-11 11:21 AM Response to Reply #28 |
34. That's a dumb statement being that human lives are at stake. By the way, |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-11 11:47 AM Response to Reply #34 |
38. Actually it is not. Chertoff's toys are that much more expensive |
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GoneOffShore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-11 05:50 PM Response to Reply #34 |
81. Chances of being struck by lightning - 1 : 280,000 |
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GoneOffShore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-11 08:23 AM Response to Reply #5 |
29. Dupe - delete |
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demosincebirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-11 11:11 AM Response to Reply #5 |
32. Dogs are great, but they are not perfect. They also are similar to humans, |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-11 11:45 AM Response to Reply #32 |
36. And technology is not perfect either |
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demosincebirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-11 01:42 PM Response to Reply #36 |
54. Technology doesn't get tired, have to be fed, take a break or have any |
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Webster Green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-11 12:35 AM Response to Reply #4 |
10. Terrorists attacked us, so lets do away with the Bill of Rights. |
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Angry Dragon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-11 12:44 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. +1000 |
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peacebird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-11 05:13 AM Response to Reply #10 |
18. +1,000,000,000!!!!! |
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librechik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-11 12:28 PM Response to Reply #10 |
42. +10,000 n/t |
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tabasco (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-11 12:32 PM Response to Reply #10 |
43. I'm guessing you don'y fly often. |
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Webster Green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-11 01:25 PM Response to Reply #43 |
48. It would seem that you missed the point of the post. |
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backscatter712 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-11 02:11 PM Response to Reply #43 |
63. Even if you flew every day for 20 years, |
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demosincebirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-11 01:44 PM Response to Reply #10 |
56. Safety trumps my vanity anytime. eom. |
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Webster Green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-11 02:16 PM Response to Reply #56 |
66. WTF does vanity have to do with this post? |
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demosincebirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-11 02:42 PM Response to Reply #66 |
71. Why would you not want to be body scanned to be safer. |
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Webster Green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-11 03:47 PM Response to Reply #71 |
74. Because it doesn't make me safer. It is is a hoax. A dog & pony show. |
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SDuderstadt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-11 03:51 PM Response to Reply #74 |
75. How is it a... |
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GoneOffShore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-11 06:00 PM Response to Reply #74 |
87. TSA Cheerleading squad will arrive shortly. |
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SDuderstadt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-11 06:13 PM Response to Reply #87 |
90. The al Qaeda cheerleading squad is... |
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GoneOffShore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-11 08:58 PM Response to Reply #87 |
91. Oh look - they've arrived and here's their cheer! |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-11 05:45 PM Response to Reply #71 |
80. Why do I drive over the speed limit from time to time, eat fatty food occasionally... |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-11 06:00 PM Response to Reply #80 |
88. "porno scanner"? |
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alarimer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-11 05:54 PM Response to Reply #56 |
83. The thing is, the safety is illusory at best. |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-11 04:26 PM Response to Reply #10 |
76. I agree, the hard part is answering people who argue |
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GoneOffShore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-11 10:39 PM Response to Reply #76 |
94. Thank you - Rational thinking regarding critics of the TSA doesn't happen |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-11 12:45 AM Response to Reply #4 |
12. Knowing they were in use would also be effective deterrent... |
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a la izquierda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-11 06:36 AM Response to Reply #4 |
19. There are literally millions... |
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demosincebirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-11 11:07 AM Response to Reply #19 |
31. do you think that's really realistic? |
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a la izquierda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-11 11:13 AM Response to Reply #31 |
33. Not training millions of dogs... |
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Aerows (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-11 12:25 PM Response to Reply #31 |
41. More realistic |
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demosincebirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-11 01:53 PM Response to Reply #41 |
58. like me? I think persons like you it's more about vanity. "Oh, don't touch me there, don' do that " |
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Webster Green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-11 02:23 PM Response to Reply #58 |
67. Ah, so that's what yhou meant when you brought vanity into the discussion. |
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demosincebirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-11 02:36 PM Response to Reply #67 |
70. Ahhh, it is vanity over safely. |
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Webster Green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-11 03:44 PM Response to Reply #70 |
73. Huh? |
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demosincebirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-11 10:12 PM Response to Reply #73 |
92. You certainly are. |
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GoneOffShore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-11 05:58 PM Response to Reply #58 |
85. You're really not getting it. |
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Aerows (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-11 10:11 AM Response to Reply #58 |
96. The scans and pat downs |
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SDuderstadt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-11 10:15 AM Response to Reply #96 |
97. "it won't be too long before we will be patted down every time we leave our damn houses" |
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Aerows (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-11 10:58 AM Response to Reply #97 |
99. If every time you have to use public transportation of any sort |
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SDuderstadt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-11 11:03 AM Response to Reply #99 |
100. There is not a single area of the country where... |
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Aerows (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-11 11:12 AM Response to Reply #100 |
101. Here you go: |
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SDuderstadt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-11 11:20 AM Response to Reply #101 |
102. Read your claim again... |
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Aerows (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-11 11:28 AM Response to Reply #102 |
103. It's headed that way |
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SDuderstadt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-11 11:46 AM Response to Reply #103 |
104. Your exact words: |
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xphile (565 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-28-11 10:33 AM Response to Reply #58 |
98. Not wanting to be molested for no reason or subjected to needless radiation |
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mwooldri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-11 08:21 AM Response to Reply #4 |
27. Electronic sniffers. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-11 11:46 AM Response to Reply #27 |
37. There are explosives that can fool them |
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frylock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-11 10:54 AM Response to Reply #4 |
30. they same you do with humans.. |
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backscatter712 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-11 01:30 PM Response to Reply #4 |
50. More dogs. It's not that hard to get dogs and handlers working in shifts. n/t |
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snooper2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-11 01:35 PM Response to Reply #4 |
52. ROFL |
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backscatter712 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-11 01:33 PM Response to Reply #2 |
51. Dogs, and basic intelligence and detective-work. |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-11 12:00 AM Response to Original message |
3. well if you're justifying the "handling" of children in this way to stop bombings |
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alphafemale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-11 12:25 AM Response to Original message |
6. It must suck to be that afraid. |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-11 12:46 AM Response to Reply #6 |
13. +100000 |
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Webster Green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-11 12:28 AM Response to Original message |
7. What a pantload. |
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Dept of Beer (957 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-11 12:31 AM Response to Original message |
8. lamb falls through deceit |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-11 12:32 AM Response to Original message |
9. Well using that logic, TSA will have to start searching 8 year old |
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Dept of Beer (957 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-11 01:21 AM Response to Reply #9 |
14. But it coulda happened! |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-11 01:40 AM Response to Reply #9 |
15. +1 |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-11 11:48 AM Response to Reply #9 |
39. That clown at Chuck E Cheeze suddenly got a whole lot scarier. nt |
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Lucian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-11 01:43 AM Response to Original message |
16. Yeah, it helps to read the article before making an idiotic claim. |
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gratuitous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-11 11:35 AM Response to Reply #16 |
35. The logical conclusion, then |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-11 01:48 AM Response to Original message |
17. Deleted message |
piratefish08 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-11 06:37 AM Response to Original message |
20. living in fear sucks. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-11 07:57 AM Response to Original message |
21. Deleted message |
ImNotTed (250 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-11 08:00 AM Response to Original message |
22. Good point |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-11 08:12 AM Response to Reply #22 |
25. thanks for reminding me to unrec. nt |
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Brickbat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-11 08:08 AM Response to Original message |
23. Are you kidding? There's already a procedure against this. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-11 08:11 AM Response to Original message |
24. to go thru life SO afraid. how do you walk out your front door? nt |
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mwooldri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-11 08:18 AM Response to Original message |
26. RTFA. |
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Tom Rinaldo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-11 12:12 PM Response to Original message |
40. To those who dismiss this type thing totally out of hand |
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Silent3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-11 12:44 PM Response to Reply #40 |
44. The plunge into a recession, however, is just another symptom of irrational fear |
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Tom Rinaldo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-11 12:55 PM Response to Reply #44 |
46. Well said |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-11 12:51 PM Response to Reply #40 |
45. How do you explain the less than full planes |
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Tom Rinaldo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-11 12:57 PM Response to Reply #45 |
47. Yup. That about covers it.... |
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demosincebirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-11 02:03 PM Response to Reply #45 |
61. Where to you fly to? Billings, Mont.? Try flying Chicago-Oakland. Done it twice this week, |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-11 02:34 PM Response to Reply #61 |
69. San Diego-Houston |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-11 05:54 PM Response to Reply #40 |
82. Which is all because people are terrified for their lives |
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backscatter712 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-11 01:30 PM Response to Original message |
49. How many terrorists & bombers have the TSA actually caught with their grope-downs and pornoscanners? |
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SDuderstadt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-11 01:39 PM Response to Reply #49 |
53. The idea is to... |
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backscatter712 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-11 01:48 PM Response to Reply #53 |
57. That's why we need to have our privacy violated... |
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SDuderstadt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-11 03:00 PM Response to Reply #57 |
72. All the amendments comprising the Bill of Rights have exceptions to them... |
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demosincebirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-11 01:59 PM Response to Reply #49 |
60. DUUH! Zero is great. Shows that they work! |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-11 06:10 PM Response to Reply #49 |
89. "pornoscanner"? It produces a blurry image of the body. You call that porn? Really? |
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okieinpain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-11 01:42 PM Response to Original message |
55. the thing is everyone hates the searches until some nut blows |
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demosincebirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-11 01:55 PM Response to Reply #55 |
59. Exactly, except for the nude pictures. |
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gkhouston (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-11 02:13 PM Response to Reply #55 |
65. You know, I was living in DC on 9/11 and I *don't* remember people |
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GoneOffShore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-11 06:00 PM Response to Reply #65 |
86. Same kind of attitude in London in the 1970s. |
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Emelina (47 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-11 02:07 PM Response to Original message |
62. Why not just strip naked? |
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backscatter712 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-11 02:12 PM Response to Reply #62 |
64. Just wait until they catch someone with a rectum bomb... |
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Emelina (47 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-11 02:29 PM Response to Reply #64 |
68. Power hungry, that's all I have to say. |
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Union Scribe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-11 04:31 PM Response to Original message |
77. Here, take my freedom, just make me SAFE!! |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-11 04:39 PM Response to Original message |
78. Get a grip. This child WAS NOT at an American AIRPORT. |
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WatsonT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-11 05:38 PM Response to Original message |
79. The Israelis have a much better record than ours on air safety |
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GoneOffShore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-11 10:40 PM Response to Reply #79 |
95. Problem is that they have far fewer flights. But their model |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-11 05:57 PM Response to Original message |
84. apples, meet oranges. |
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anthroman (45 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-27-11 10:37 PM Response to Original message |
93. Bush Buddy pushed the X-ray Airport Machines... |
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